Yorkwood
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| Name | Yorkwood | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 5.401 tons | ||
| Completed | 1936 - R. & W. Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd, Hebburn | ||
| Owner | Joseph Constantine SS Line Ltd, Middlesbrough | ||
| Homeport | Middlesbrough | ||
| Date of attack | 8 Jan, 1943 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-507 (Harro Schacht) | ||
| Position | 04.10S, 35.30W - Grid FC 7416 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 48 (1 dead and 47 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Durban - Capetown - Paranam - UK | ||
| Cargo | General cargo | ||
| History | | ||
| Notes on loss | On 8 Jan, 1943, the unescorted Yorkwood (Master Frank Herbert Fenn) was torpedoed and sunk by U-507 northwest of Ascension Island. One crew member was lost. The master was taken prisoner by the Germans and lost when the U-boat was sunk five days later. 38 crew members and eight gunners landed at Macau, Brazil. | ||
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